Research Catalog

Title

Theory and method in the study of religion : twenty five years on / edited by Aaron W. Hughes.

Publication

Boston : Brill, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-

Description

vii, 304 pages; 24 cm

Series Statement

Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; v. 1

Uniform Title

• Method & theory in the study of religion.
• Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; v. 1.

Subject

• Religion > Methodology
• Religion > Study and teaching
• Religionswissenschaft
• Methodologie
• Forschung

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Theory and method in the study of religion : twenty five years on / Aaron W. Hughes -- Inaugural editorial / Ann Baranowksi and John Morgan -- Part one. Pulling no punches: taking aim at the Eliadean paradigm / Matt Sheedy -- How historical is the history of paradigms? / Robert A. Segal -- Part two. Alleviating the Eliade effect: Neil McMullin's critique of Mircea Eliade's regnant discourse in the study of religion / James B. Apple -- The Encyclopedia of Religion: a critique from the perspective of the history of the Japanese religious traditions / Neil McMullin -- Letters to the editors / Gary L. Ebersole -- Response to G.L. Ebersole's criticism of My critique of the Encyclopedia of Relgions / Neil McMullin -- Part three. Coffee with McCuthceon: a conversation about language, pedagogy and critical pluralism / Rebekka King -- Naming the unnameable? Theological language and the academic study of religion / Russell T. McCutcheon -- Part four. On "belief": a story of protectionism / Craig Martin -- On the transformation of "belief" and the domestication of "faith" in the academic study of religion / Donald Wiebe -- Part five. Who owns culture now? / Emma Cohen -- Who owns culture? / Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson -- Part six. Lincoln's clarion call for methodological solipsism / Steven Engler and Mark Q. Gardiner -- Theses on method / Bruce Lincoln -- Part seven. The rewards of redescription: an assessment of Burton Mack's influence on the study of Christian origins / Sarah E. Rollens -- On redescribing Christian origins / Burton L. Mack -- Part eight. Taking a critical turn: reflections on Islamic studies and the relevance of John Wansbrough / Yasmin Merchant -- The implications of, and opposition to, the methods and theories of John Wansbrough / Herbert Berg -- Part nine. "Don't drink the water": women, gender, and the study of religion / Jennifer Hall -- The category of gender in the study of religion / Darlene Juschka -- Part ten. Postmodern critiques still challenge the study of religion / Ella Paldam -- Global perspectives on methodology in the study of religion / Armin W. Geertz.

Call Number

JFE 16-3652

ISBN

• 9789004256019
• 9004256016
• 9789004257573
• 9004257578

LCCN

2013026805

OCLC

852957820

Title

Theory and method in the study of religion : twenty five years on / edited by Aaron W. Hughes.

Publisher

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; v. 1

Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; v. 1.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Hughes, Aaron W., 1968-

Added Title

Method & theory in the study of religion.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-3652